Lord Shri Krishna and Bhakti

Sri Krishna, also known as Nandlal or Yashoda Nandan, was born to Sri Vasudev and Mata deviki but he grew up under the care of Sri Nandbaba and Yashoda Mata in the land of gokul.He performed several mysterious Lila's in Vrindavan.

Shri Krishna and Bhakti:-

Gopis and Lord Krishna:

The divine plays of Lord Sri Krishna are known to this world as ‘Rasa’. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself.

Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of devotion, physically, verbally and through meditation. The whole trinity bows to their feet, for they achieved the selfless love and company of holy divine himself.

Who are Gopis?

These Gopis are believe to be the incarnations of the roots of Vedas, the saints and sages who soaked themselves in ‘tapsya’ to achieve divine blessings in his holy feet.
People define them as women but it is wrong they just see the gender of their physical appearance; only those who soaks themselves in devotion can see the divinity of the Gopis’ souls which outcast all barriers of existence.
If one debates why they incarnated in form of women and not anything else; one can see a hidden bitter truth in this factor too:

The divine plays of Lord Sri Krishna are known to this world as ‘Rasa’. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself.
Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of devotion, physically, verbally and through meditation. The whole trinity bows to their feet, for they achieved the selfless love and company of holy divine himself.
These Gopis are believe to be the incarnations of the roots of Vedas, the saints and sages who soaked themselves in ‘tapsya’ to achieve divine blessings in his holy feet.
People define them as women but it is wrong they just see the gender of their physical appearance; only those who soaks themselves in devotion can see the divinity of the Gopis’ souls which outcast all barriers of existence.
If one debates why they incarnated in form of women and not anything else; one can see a hidden bitter truth in this factor too:
If they incarnated as Brahmans it was easy for all to say that they are learned, hence possessed holy powers to achieve the divine.
If they incarnated as a man it was easy for the society to accept, as it doesn't bars a man to commit himself to God in such manner.
If they incarnated as a child all would apparently say that they are innocent and hence God loves them the most.
To show the height of devotion, thus they incarnated in form of women who were not learned; simple villagers, bounded by the norms of society, filled with responsibilities of family and barred from freedom.
As a human body, who is so bounded and yet sets its soul free from boundaries of world and entrusts it soul to the divine is the true warrior who wins the battle and shines the brightest.
The ‘Rasa’ is exactly the celebration of the moment, when divine merged holy souls within him by performing His divine playful selfless endeavors-‘RaasLeelas’. Hence there can’t be any vulgarity or Kama associated with it, because Lord Sri Krishna was just eight years old- a prodigy of innocence when He performed ‘RaasLeelas’ with the Gopis.

Krishna and Gopis perform MahaRaas Lila

Lord Krishna and the Four Yugas:

This earth is a boon gifted to humans to live by Sri Krishna, but our selfish emotions and the desire to rule this world destroys the purity of nature. The span of dharma or method of worshiping and achieving oneness with the almighty on this earth is divided in four different parts. The Satyug which means where dharma existed in whole power with truth, generosity, peace and purity, ‘Tapa’ was the path to be followed to purify ones soul. Tretayug which means dharma’s glory reduces a bit and shined with truth, generosity and peace, thus ‘Yajna’ Vedic fire sacrifices were the source to achieve lord. In Dwaparyuga dharma possessed only truth and generosity; hence generous offerings made were a source to achieve Lord. It is in this Yuga that Lord Shri Krishna the avatar of lord Vishnu possessing sixteen kalas blessed this earth and protected it from the horrible devastation. The kings like ‘kansa’ believed to reign world with evil means, thus Shri Krishna destroyed such evil souls and spread the knowledge of pure love, peace ,harmony and revealed the principles that one should follow for one’s purification of soul.
Last is the ongoing Kalyuga in which Dharma exists only with the power of truth and one can achieve enlightenment by merely reciting the name of Lord Krishna with love and devotion.

Lord Krishna and Bhakti yog:

Emotions rule this human heart but if these emotions are devoted to the almighty with pure thoughts and love, one’s soul can easily get one with the supreme power without following the harsh paths of ‘Japa’, ’Tapa’, ’Vrat’.
There are various types of emotions of love that accompanies ones bhakti.

Vatsalya rasa:

The bond of love shared between mother Yashoda and Lord Shri Krishna. Though mother Yashoda hadn’t given birth to Shri Krishna yet she nurtured him with full love and care. Shri Krishna, who holds this trinity, let himself get tied to an okhal as punishment by mother Yashoda for the love that was hidden in her motherhood. To honor selfless motherhood of Shri Krishna named himself as ‘Yashodanandan’.

Krishna and Gopis perform MahaRaas Lila

Sakhya rasa:

Shri Krishna has defined friendship a sacred bond of life by depicting his friendship with his childhood friend Sudama. During the days of gurukul Shri Krishna and Sudama had become good friends and with time sudamaji went to Mathura and settled their as a Brahman. Sudamaji worshipped Shri Krishna as his deity and his family survived on the charity he got from the villagers; his poverty increased with time thus his wife advised him to go to his friend Shri Krishna and ask for help for he had become the king of Dwarka. Sudamaji didn't agree but seeing his family’s miserable life he agreed to it. His wife gave him a tiny bag of rice she had just begged it from her neighbor. When Sudamaji arrived to Dwarka his state was too bad, for he walked from Mathura to Dwarka his feet got swollen covered with mud pricked with blades of grass, clothes clad and feeble body. On the gates of Dwarka's palace he told the guards to inform Shri Krishna that his childhood friend Sudama had come to meet him, though guards didn’t believe but they still informed Shri Krishna of his arrival. As Krishna heard this message he ran towards the gates of palace bare feet and hugged Sudama. On seeing his friend in that pitiful state Shri Krishna’s tears rolled out. He welcomed Sudama with full respect and requested him to spend some time in Dwarka with him. Shri Krishna gave a special treatment to Sudama and respected him in every manner. Shri Krishna knew that Sudama hid the bag of rice his wife gave as a gesture for Krishna in order to avoid humiliation of being poor. Shri Krishna snatched it from Sudama and accepted it with pleasure. Sudama left for Mathura, but regretted for he couldn't ask Krishna for help. On reaching Mathura he was astonished to know that Shri Krishna had blessed with tons of wealth without even him not asking for it. Shri Krishna depicted it clearly that wealth and status never decides the fate of a relation. Friendship when done should be carried out with love, care and respect. He even proved the proverb; “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. Sudamaji is an example of sakhya rasa because he had entrusted himself to Shri Krishna with full love though his friend was rich he didn't demand for help, but maintained his self respect and showed that friendship is a mutual understanding not a relation of demands.